--- description: Turns out, bigger can be badder: Many products claiming to enlarge men’s genitals are deceptive and potentially even deadly, according to federal experts title: Male ‘Enhancement’ Drugs Called Dangerous Amid FDA Crackdown image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [medicine](/tag/medicine/) ## medicine Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Male 'Enhancement' Drugs Called Dangerous Amid FDA Crackdown by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 26, 2014 7:42 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 26, 2014 7:42 PM CUT Turns out, bigger can be badder: Many products claiming to enlarge men’s genitals are deceptive and potentially even deadly, according to federal experts and doctors. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, seeking to curb what it calls “an emerging trend,” has issued [20 public notifications](http://www.fda.gov/drugs/resourcesforyou/consumers/buyingusingmedicinesafely/medicationhealthfraud/ucm234539.htm "undefined") this year concerning 20 “tainted” Internet products with names like Weekend Warrior and O.M.G. that promise male “sexual enhancement.” Yet months after the FDA warnings, some of these supplements are being sold on mainstream retail websites… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/health/mens-health/male-enhancement-drugs-called-dangerous-amid-fda-crackdown-n211946?cid=par-time-article%5F20140926 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3433319/fda-male-enhancement-drugs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3433319/fda-male-enhancement-drugs/"},"headline":"Male 'Enhancement' Drugs Called Dangerous Amid FDA Crackdown","datePublished":"2014-09-26T19:42:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:26:48.082Z","description":"Turns out, bigger can be badder: Many products claiming to enlarge men’s genitals are deceptive and potentially even deadly, according to federal experts","url":"https://time.com/3433319/fda-male-enhancement-drugs/","keywords":["medicine"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/medicine/","name":"medicine"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3433319/fda-male-enhancement-drugs/","name":"Male 'Enhancement' Drugs Called Dangerous Amid FDA Crackdown"}}]}] ```